
Kevin is a Managing Associate in the Employment, Immigration and Reward team based in Belfast. He provides practical and commercial advice to clients on a wide range of employment related issues including contentious disputes, the conduct of internal procedures and compliance with statutory requirements.
Kevin has particular expertise defending complex claims for clients in the Industrial Tribunal, Fair Employment Tribunal, the County Court and High Court in Northern Ireland.

Niamh is a senior associate in Lewis Silkin’s Employment, Immigration and Reward division based in Dublin.
Niamh advises on the full range of day to day employment matters, such as contract and policy reviews, providing support with investigations, grievances and disciplinary processes, advising on severance negotiations and other employee relations matters. She also has experience advising on large collective redundancy processes and acting for employers defending employee claims in the WRC and Labour Court. She was previously based in Lewis Silkin’s London office.
She is particularly interested in the future of work and supports Lewis Silkin's innovative Future of Work Hub initiative which aims to support organisations in their horizon-scanning to enable them to see ahead, identify and anticipate future opportunities and challenges and evaluate how best to respond. She is currently a part-time student of Dublin City University's MSc in Work and Organisational Behaviour.
This webinar is part of the Comparative Law series with Lewis Silkin and addresses the recently introduced sick leave legislation in Ireland, which provides employees, for the first time, with a legal right to sick leave paid by their employer.
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Niamh Crotty, Senior Associate of Lewis Silkin, discusses the new entitlements in Ireland and Kevin Gallagher, Senior Associate in NI, discuss what lessons can be learnt from experiences in Great Britain and Northern Ireland including in relation to effective staff absence management and the pitfalls to try to avoid.
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